2/29/12
The Atheist Experience Talkshow was "SMOKED" by a Christian
who became the first caller in the show's 15-year history
to prove his opening premise.
Matt Dillahunty and Tracie Harris, hosts of "The Atheist Experience" talkshow,
received a call from a man from Mesa, Arizona named "Eric."
Here is a clip of the 20-minute debate:
Eric began by trying to sneak an unproven premise past Matt and Tracie
but they didn't let him get away with it.
When Eric realized that the hosts weren't going to allow him
to move on to his other points (which would have been based on the false premise),
he was reduced to simply repeating his misrepresentations of what Matt had said.
It was a classic Christian Apologist slaughter.
So why did I say that Eric "smoked" the Atheist Experience?
Go back to the beginning of the video
where Eric talks about Kramer beating up on all the little kids in his karate class.
Eric was claiming that this Seinfeld episode was analogous
to how the hosts "beat up" on naive Christian callers.
THAT was his opening premise - and Eric proved his opening premise ...
correct
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6/15/10
Answer to the Christian challenge ... "What if you're wrong?"
(Allah sends a powerful reply to American Christians)
Touchdown Jesus!
A year later and this story is still worth 1,000 virgins
UPDATE
Remember "Touchdown Jesus" ...
the statue that was struck by lightning and burned to the ground?
Well, here is a follow up story: "Touchdown Jesus" goes for the extra point.
America is mired in the worst depression since the 1930's.
Hundreds of thousands are losing their homes, millions are out of work,
and half are barely surviving, at or below the Poverty Line.
Instead of spending money on schools, roads, hospitals,
and other desperately needed things,
how do the Ghost Worshipers in Monroe, Ohio
decide to spend their money instead?
By allocating hundreds of thousands of dollars
to reconstruct a gigantic statue that people can look at.
Whatever happened to Exodus 20:4?
"
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,
or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above ...."
Odd. I would have thought that, with their childlike minds,
they would have concluded that maybe God destroyed the statue
because He doesn't like being disobeyed.
When hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans,
Conservative Christians swore it was God punishing them for sinning.
When a tsunami massacred Japan, many Conservative Christians again claimed
that it was a punishment from God for not accepting Christianity.
When Haiti was devastated by an earthquake,
many Christians believed it was a punishment from God
because Haitians had made a deal with the devil to free them from slavery.
But when a lightning strike burned down Jesus,
they turned to science, and explained it by demonstrating
a sudden knowledge of climate science and how atmospheric storms work.
So I guess their conclusion can only be
that God controls the weather when bad things happen to others,
but when bad things happen to them,
nature is in control while God is out playing blackjack at the Olympus Casino.
This event also provided a pretty good argument for Muslims:
if it were Allah who sent the lightning bolt, then combined with 9/11,
and the fact that Islam is projected to surpass Christianity by the end of this century,
it would appear as though Yahweh is getting his cosmic ass, royally kicked.
Maybe this would be a good time for Yahweh to apologize
for all those nasty things His followers said about Scientology's God, Xenu,
and consider joining forces.
It makes sense because God's most advanced weaponry,
according to the Bible, is the sword;
while Xenu was using atomic bombs trillions of years ago.
If Yahweh eats a little humble pie,
together they might give Allah something to sweat about.
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2007
Pascal's Wager
Pascal's Wager has arguably been Christianity's most powerful weapon
against any, who would dare to doubt.
Well, maybe the second most powerful ... behind execution.
For those who do dare to doubt, it is easy to see
that there are multiple logical flaws with Pascal's Wager.
I listed a couple in my book.
Here is another flaw that is rarely mentioned:
Usually, skeptics point out that Pascal's Wager fails
because one cannot know which religion to bet one's eternal soul on.
But even if we did grant that Christianity's God is the "One True Invisible Ghost,"
one still must make a second wager, and choose correctly,
the method that is most likely to save one's soul.
And with at least 81 choices ...
the odds are with the House
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